Obama Urges Donors To Back Hillary Clinton

At a private function last week, Obama told Democratic donors that the time to rally around Clinton is coming near.

As Hillary Clintoninches closer to gaining the Democratic Party’s nomination for president of the United States, the nation’s current leader made a weighty appeal on the former first lady’s behalf. At a dinner last Friday, President Barack Obama appealed to donors at the private to rally around Clinton, The New York Times reports.

Obama said during the event that Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ campaign is nearing an end and the party should work to publicly back Clinton when that time comes, the Times writes.

The paper adds that Obama noted that some voters have a poor view of Clinton, despite her current lead in the delegates race nationwide. The president also made a comparison between George W. Bush and Sanders, noting that the former president was lauded for his public perception.

Mr. Obama made the remarks after reporters had left a fund-raising event in Austin, Tex., for the Democratic National Committee. The comments were described by three people in the room for the event, all of whom were granted anonymity to describe a candid moment with the president. The comments were later confirmed by a White House official.

Mr. Obama chose his words carefully, and did not explicitly call on Mr. Sanders to quit the race, according to those in the room. Still, those in attendance said in interviews that they took his comments as a signal to Mr. Sanders that perpetuating his campaign, which is now an uphill climb, could only help the Republicans recapture the White House.

Mr. Obama’s message came at a critical juncture for Mr. Sanders, who had just upset Mrs. Clinton in the Michigan primary and has been trying to convince Democrats that his campaign is not over, despite Mrs. Clinton’s formidable lead in delegates.

Obama and First LadyMichelle Obamawere in Austin for a special fundraising event that tied in with the annual South By Southwest musical and technology festival. Obama’s comments cannot be counted as an endorsement, but political observers have taken notice of the comments considering the pair’s close relationship.

The Sanders camp responded, saying that the Vermont senator could still make a considerable leap in gaining delegates in the upcoming early primary races.

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Good 'Ol Days: Barack Obama Was Nominated For President By The DNC 11 Years Ago

Exactly 11 years ago today, Barack Obama was nominated for President of the United States by the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Obama famously gave a powerful speech.
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Obama said in part, "America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise — that American promise — and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess."
Watch the speech below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ato7BtisXzE
Obama had many wins while he was president. He brought the Black unemployment rate for African Americans from 16.8 percent, due to the horror of President George W. Bush to 7.8 percent by January 2017. The poverty rate for African Americans fell faster in 2015 than in any year since 1999 -- falling 2.1 percentage points, resulting in 700,000 fewer African Americans in poverty.
Teen pregnancy among Black women was at an historic low with he birth rate per 1,000 African-American teen females fell from 60.4 in 2008 to 34.9 in 2014. Pell Grant funding for HBCU students increased between 2007 and 2014, growing from $523 million to $824 million. Obama banned solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prison in January of 2016, the President of ACLU said about this in 2016, “It’s absolutely huge. We rarely have presidents take notice of prison conditions.” The incarceration rates for Black men and women fell during each year of the Obama Administration and were at their lowest points in over two decades when he left office.
Not to mention, he saved our country from one of the greatest recessions since the Great Depression due to the Republican administration before him -- and now our current president tries to take all the credit.
People are so happy 2ith his legacy that the people of Los Angeles were blessed to have President Barack H. Obama Highway as in December. The Mercury News reported at the time, "Two large, green-and-white freeway signs were unveiled Thursday, one on the right shoulder of westbound State Route 134 at the beginning of the 210 Freeway at Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, the other at the eastbound 134 in the vicinity of Route 2 in the city of Los Angeles near Glendale."
In honor of Obama's historic nomination, check out photos of our favorite president below.